paideia
Americannoun
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Greek Antiquity. a philosophy of education which encouraged the teaching of a wide range of topics, with the aim of creating ideal citizens.
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a philosophy of education aimed at giving students a well-rounded education.
Example Sentences
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We’ve reached a point in which the tasks of paideia have been abandoned and neglected.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2017
The ancient Greeks believed in the concept of paideia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2017
Where has our sense of paideia gone in 21st century America?
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2017
The ideal was total noblesse oblige, an excellence of virtue based on justice, or paideia.
From Time Magazine Archive
Where the Greeks had their paideia, the Romans their humanitas, we have the more elastic and accommodating word culture.
From Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings by Robert Graham
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